After almost 2 years in development, Roundr the mobile app created to address the specific needs of real estate agents has launched to take off some of the pressure of selling property by making it easy to stay organised, be reliable, and…
uMashesha is South Africa’s first woman-owned taxi hailing app targeting at taking on Uber and other such apps with better commissions and more business for its driver partners from its delivery services. Launched two months ago by CEO Christine Mesolo, the Centurion based…
Remittance firm Okapi Finance is also rolling out in Botswana, Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by end of this year, with more countries being targeted in 2019. Operating in Kenya as Okapi East Africa, Okapi aims to be the panafrican solution and target to reach…
The 7th edition of DEMO Africa has come to a close in Casablanca, Morocco and the five winners for the 2019 edition of the [email protected] Innovation Tour in Silicon Valley were announced. The five selected startups are: Chefaa(Egypt), Khourtim(Morocco), VertoFX(Nigeria), Hawkar(Tunisia)and Complete Farmer(Ghana). “This…
TechCrunch Startup Battlefield in partnership with Facebook, returns to Africa in 2018, featuring panels and keynotes with high-powered industry leaders such as Omobola Johnson, senior partner at TLcom Capital, and Lexi Novitske of Singularity Investments. Following the breakout success of last year’s…
Click2Sure, a South African full stack digital insurance platform, launched in 2017, has secured funding from Greenlight Capital Re in a move expected to scale the business globally to tap into the global insurance market which exceeded $4.6 trillion in total gross written…
While on campus, Mercy Karimi Munene, liked the Jumia story, the convenience of shopping from your phone and having stuff delivered to your doorstep fascinated her. Out of curiosity, the then 3rd year Moi University Bachelors in Public Relations student shopped for her…
TERAWORK seeks to take outsourcing to the next level by offering a robust platform that matches customers with the most suitable freelancers for their job offers. To the customer, the platform offers more than just a diversified crop of professionals providing freelancing…
PayPal has acquired an undisclosed stake in Tala, a micro-lending app with operations in Kenya, Tanzania, Philippines and Mexico in move that will see Tala reach more underserved populations in emerging markets across the globe. More than two-thirds of the world’s adult…
Orange Fab France’s “Women Start” accelerator, launched on 24 May at Viva Technology, and dedicated to women entrepreneurs across the world recently welcomed two women entrepreneurs from Africa and the seven others from the French ecosystem to strengthen the business relationship between Orange and…
Publiseer is a free book and music publishing platform for Nigerian authors and artists founded in 2017 by twin brothers Chidi and Chika Nwaogu. The company was recently shortlisted for the Apps Africa Awards 2018. To date, Publiseer is home to over…
On October 12th, during Seedstars Luanda, Kubinga won the Angola round of Seedstars World and will represent the country at the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland to compete for up to USD 1 million in equity investment and other prizes. Kubinga, a peer to…
GreenTec Capital, a Frankfurt-based Firm which recently made an investment into Kenyan insurance company, Bismart is expanding its West African presence with the opening of a GreenTec office in Nigeria’s Lagos. The office will be supported by two new team members, David…
The Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI) Startup Accelerator is calling for startups in the urban mobility sector with tested solutions to urban mobility challenges in African Cities. The selected startups will be incubated in C4DLab for five months and they will receive coaching…
Nigerian payments firm Flutterwave has raised over $10 million Series A extension funding round from Greycroft Partners and Green Visor alongside existing investors like Y Combinator. New investors include Capital, Mastercard, CRE Ventures, Fintech Collective, 4DX Ventures, and Raba Capital, among others. This raise…
London-based startup accelerator Founders Factory has launched its first international location for Founders Factory in Johannesburg, South Africa to build and scale a further 100 technology start-ups. The accelerator has partnered with Standard Bank, sub-Saharan Africa’s largest bank with hundreds of physical branches across Africa, thousands…
Accenture is set to showcase Open Innovation Africa at DEMO Africa to co-create solutions that solve tough business problems while also providing the selected start-ups with the support they need to grow. Sandiso Sibisi, Accenture’s Open Innovation Africa Lead commented – “Accenture Open Innovation creates a…
Egypt’s online real estate marketplace Aqarmap has Aya Ashraf, the Head of Operations Excellence at Jumia, Rocket Internet’s leading eCommerce marketplace as the Director of Operations Growth. Aya pursued an MBA in Strategic Planning from Edinburgh Business School, and she has extensive experience…
Companies shortlisted for the 4th AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards have been announced. The 70 finalists have been selected from a pool of 300 submissions from 39 countries, with solutions in all 54 African countries. The awards recognize the best mobile and technology startups…
Many people use technology as a way of building corporate companies but most are not driven by a passion to solve problems or address key societal issues. Tatenda Ndambakuwa founded Shiri as a solution to food security issues. There have been food…
Andela, a company building high-performing engineering teams with Africa’s most talented software developers has appointed Clément Uwajeneza as Country Director for Rwanda. As Country Director of Andela’s first pan-African hub, Clément will be providing strategic leadership and direction to the Kigali office…
Wefarm, a farmer-to farmer digital network has reached over 1.1 million users across Kenya and Uganda allowing farmers to share vital information they couldn’t get anywhere else – for free, in their own language, and without any internet – every 1.6 seconds….
Boost by Overview has launched to help users select and buy the best airtime bundle for their needs after analyzing a user’s requirements for data, SMS and minutes. Boost helps users compare, select and purchase the bundles that fit you best at…
Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter, BDO EA and Pangea have launched the ShelterTech 2018 program in Kenya to provide support to 30 startups working in the area of energy, water, and general housing construction technology, and will work to…
The Next 100 African Start-ups initiative, organized jointly by IFC and MIIC, will select up to 100 promising entrepreneurs based in Africa and connect them with business leaders, international investors, financial institutions, and policymakers at the Africa 2018 Forum in December in…
Yoco, a South African-based point-of-sale payment service has launched Yoco Capital to provide SMEs with fast, efficient access to a cash advance after securing $16m in Series B round. According to recent research conducted by Yoco on more than 3,600 small businesses from its…
